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March for our Lives community in Fort Myers 'warms my heart': your say

As a Marjory Stoneman Douglas alum, it warms my heart to see my Fort Myers community supporting my first home. Our senators need to start taking this more seriously or we will not hesitate to vote them out in the next election.

March For Our Lives

As a Marjory Stoneman Douglas alum, it warms my heart to see my Fort Myers community supporting my first home. It just goes to show how many people care about this issue and feel personally affected by it.

I think gun control is a very important issue right now. Mass shootings are more frequent now than they have ever been in this country. It’s time for common sense gun laws to be instilled into our society.

Having seen first hand what a mass shooting can do to a community, it pains me to see anyone voting against gun control. Recent polls have shown that more than half of American citizens support common sense gun laws. Our senators need to start taking this more seriously or we will not hesitate to vote them out in the next election.

I urge you to call, write letters and use social media to get in contact with your senators to ensure that a tragedy like this never happens again.

Children Service Council

It is the responsibility of the Board of County Commissioners to guide the investment of our tax dollars for a better Lee County future. Citizens have the right to decide what services they feel are worthy. Children's Services Council helps achieve more children kindergarten ready. Currently, in Lee County, fewer than 1/3 of all children are considered kindergarten ready. This is not minority children or immigrant children or income challenged families. It is all children.

That is just the beginning where we are failing our children. Teen birth rates, child abuse, juvenile crime, STD rates, childhood suicides all exceed state and national averages. Lee County children fall below state averages for reading at grade level, high school graduation, dental and vision care, available counseling services, and after school/mentoring programs. Every county with a Children's Services Council excels.

County Commissioners need to take action to put the issue on the ballot. There is no cost. There is no commitment to approve. There is the patriotic standard of letting citizens decide. Please contact all county commissioners and the county manager and tell them it is your decision, not theirs - put a Children's Services Council on the ballot.

Arcade games in theaters

I want to relay an experience my husband and I had recently as we left a local movie theater. In the lobby were a variety of arcade games (most involving shooting of some kind) with which folks could entertain themselves.

On one particular game, I noticed a young boy about six or seven years of age holding an imitation automatic rifle and shooting at figures on the screen. An adult stood by and encouraged his success. I was appalled and angry. Considering all that we have experienced lately, how could anyone justify this?

More importantly, establishments providing these games need to seriously consider what they are providing, take a stand and have them removed. There is common sense and moral responsibility for both adults and businesses here. I will personally speak with the manager of this theater. I challenge others to do the same wherever they see these games present.

Another flyover needed?

As a 20 year resident of south Fort Myers, I've been very pleased with the progress made in widening roads, building flyovers, etc.

However, I wonder if there is any move afoot to put a flyover at Gladiolus/US 41??? It cries for a flyover - traffic backs up to Metro westbound, and often before Maida eastbound. Wal-mart, Home Depot, Lowe's, et al will scream bloody murder, but traffic will only get worse as at least two new developments come on board this year.